Puzzle.



F. L. SHIPMAN.

PUZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25 ma jl yQgQQ/g, Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

/v I L www Specification ol' Letters Patent.

Aipplieatlen lcrl llpril 25, 1913. Serial No.

lllntentetl Mer. 3, lill@ Be it known that l, lnixrar; L. Sniritlm,

n citizen ,of the Unit-eti States, residing; ut lll'hippnny, in the county ot liliorris und Stute ot' New Jersey, lieve invented new sind useful improvements in Puzzles, of which the following is :i specification.

rll`l'iis Iinvention relates to puzzles; und it hes for its object the provision ot' :i device of this character representing :i parcel post zone card und huving; concentric partitions dclining intervenii'ig alley/dike runways in tersecting @tete indicatingl squures on the surface or the honi-(l7 und further the provision oi station designating pockets :irrunged in the surface o t the hoard und designed tir the reception oit spherical objects.

)t further object ot lie invention is the provision ot' u puzrle wherein the object recciving,l pockets ure distributed `with :i view to rendering it extremely ditlicult to place the olijectsin the required positions and to maintain rclutively lined positions ot' certain ot' theohjects during the operation of innnil'iulating the hoard to conduct the other objects to 'their respective places.

lilith these and other objects in View, Athe invention consists oi' certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangeinent oi" parts` :is will be hereinafter de scribed and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings: Figure l is'u plain view olE the puzzle; Fig i? is u, se tion on line of Fig. ll; und ig. 3 is :i ricu' of one of the niovulile objects.

The puzzle comprises u bourd l which ,pi'cl'erulilynitide up ot' superimposed layers ol" pulp-hoard or :in v other suitable vvcll lrn'ou'n nniteriuls 2 und E, the upper sui-tace ot the 'hoord being' divided into forty-eight' squares -l. representing' :ill of the Sintes ol the ,lfnioin und :is illustrated cert-nin of the squares have formed therein relatively shullou' recesses 5 which ure erzulunlly curved in un upward direction for n purpose to In hereinafter explained: yl`he hoard is divided into concentric runs defined liv un Ainner cir/le segment l und circulan' seriesy of arcu te partitions The segment- (5 has its c ,tls spliced troni each other so as to forni therclmtu'ccn un intervening pzissue'cwny 7.

' The .Quid concentric runs are thus preferably nnide up of four arcuate sections il which rise vertically `from the board; :1nd, es illustinted the partitions ot' the various runs are ot varying lengths, the partit-ion nearest l the segment t3 being relatively short es compared with the partitions of the .adjacent run :ind so on throughout-the construction to the outer run es shown clearly in Figa l. This construction is desirable in that rediul runs 9 are formed upon the hoard and between the ends of the adjacent partitions H, three ot' the radial runs terminating :it their inner ends against the close-d well of the segment 6', while one of the runs' is in tween the ends of seid segment. Si e Wells l0 rise from the board sind ure connected with the ends olE similar end Wells 12 of the hoard und es illustrated the Wells l0 abut directly against the :idjzicent ends of the sections 8 of the two outer runs 6 of the device., as et 12. Y P

rillie squares fl :ire arranged in rows trainsversely, und as illustrated the runs 6 ot the structure are arranged to intercept adjacent rows of the seltenes l so that the traveling objects employeld herein may loe conducted into the differ-enit sectionsot' e particular run. The inovab objects 16 are in the form ot marbles :ind ere'equnl to the number oit recesses 5 'formed in the surface oft' the hoard.

ln playing the device till of the Inerbles are placed in the center of the board so that niost ot them ere surrounded the nenloer li. The hoard is then manipulated so :is to 'euse the objects successively to loe advanced into prescribed AStute and station indicating portions on the playing surlece of the device. By playing the device in this manner it found to furnish considerable amuse nient, while in n measure it is found educattionul in that the operator may become ec y curutely acquainted lwith the relative distenues between the various States. Y

Frein the foregoing description7 teiten in connection with the :iccoinipzinyine, drewings, the construction and operation of the invention will he readily understood With- Vnrious changes in the form, pioportitni und the minor-details of'eonstrnction nmybe resorted to Without departing .l'l'oni the principle or sacrificing anyot the advantages ot' this invention as claimed.

fils ving thus described ny invention, Whetlt claim isz* A puzzle comprising n hoard having rerticnl side and end Walls, n central substn vtully circular inernl'ierl rising from the hoard, e plurality oi series of concentric' open communication with the passe e 7 loei out requiring e more extended explanation.`

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arcuate partitions rising from the board, the partitions of each of said series having their ends spaced from eaeh other so as to Jforni runs extending radially from said Cir cular member, the partitions of one series being spaced from the partit-ions of adjacent series to form therewith intervening annular runs therebetween, certain of said annular runs being closed at their outer ends by the side Walls of the hoard, the board heving a plurality or' recesses therein distinguished from each other by geographical 

